They were trying to go after their dog, who went down the 20-foot embankment. The dog was able to get himself back up uninjured, but the 87-year-old man and a woman could not climb back up in the steep terrain.

Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue crews repelled down to the riverbank to retrieve them.

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